Militant raids come a week after dozens of heavily armed men linked to another outlawed separatist outfit, known as Baluchistan Liberation Front, assaulted military post in province’s Kech district
Officials confirm death of at least one solider, four assailants
Reason behind journalists’ detention is unknown
Young woman who is a university student tells VOA: 'Our dead hopes have been resurrected. We will now be able to realize our unfulfilled dreams.'
Reporters at private Ariana TV were picked up by Taliban on Monday
Universities in warmer regions would begin offering classes Wednesday, while those in colder regions would reopen February 26, education minister says
No one has immediately taken responsibility; the search is under way for the assailants
Twelve months without detection of wild polio cases is an encouraging epidemiological signal
Baluch separatists claim responsibly for deadly attack
Taliban is accused of banning journalist organization from holding news conferences without permission from ruling Islamist group
Abuses are documented by Human Rights Watch and OutRight Action International
Prime minister says talks were meant to prevent humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, not to legitimize its de facto government
Ayesha Malik, 55, took oath at a ceremony in Islamabad
US and European envoys were also scheduled to hold talks with Taliban representatives
Biden said Afghanistan is not susceptible to unity
Bombing in marketplace is second attack in nation this week
No country has yet recognized new Afghan government, citing a lack of political inclusivity, exclusion of most Afghan women from public life and girls from education, and group’s alleged ongoing links to transnational terrorists
The attack killed a police officer and wounded two others
The epicenter of the 5.3 magnitude temblor was about 40 kilometers east of Qala-e-Naw in Badghis province, according to the US Geological Survey
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